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Desert Cultures
Settling into southeastern Oregon, Native people developed a way of life that adapted to the resources the land offered them. Termed the Desert Culture by …
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Designing the Fairgrounds
The site of the Exposition covered 182 acres of land and 220 acres of stagnant water beyond the edge of development in Northwest Portland. The …
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Detroit Project, Oregon
In the early 1930s, Willamette Valley business owners, residents, and politicians worked together to convince the federal government to develop a comprehensive plan for managing …
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Dirigible Lands on Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 1905
This Sept. 26, 1905, photograph shows 18-year-old pilot Lincoln Beachey flying the “City of Portland” dirigible aircraft over the Oregonian building in downtown Portland as …
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Discovery of Mastodon Remains near Dayton
This newspaper article describes the discovery of mastodon remains near Dayton by Joel Palmer(1810-1881), an influential Oregon pioneer. The article comes from an undated scrapbook, …
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Divided Waters
The Klamath River system is unique in having Indian reservations at its headwaters, along its estuary, and astride its major tributary, the Trinity. Ever since …
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Donald McKay
Louis Heller, a photographer based in Yreka, California, likely took this photograph of Donald McKay, in 1873 during the Modoc War. McKay was a well-known leader …
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Down the Columbia
The captains also met the unexpected in the people they encountered on their descent of the Columbia. In mid-October, as Clark recorded in his journal, …
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Draft of Oregon State Constitution
This document is a draft version of the Oregon State Constitution’s preamble and bill of rights. It was written in 1857. After defeating motions to …
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Drawing of Fort Vancouver
This hand-colored lithograph of Fort Vancouver was based on a sketch drawn by Henry James Warre in 1845 or 1846. The British government sent Warre, …
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